Calendar



Feb. 12, 1935. J. L. LARKIN 1,990,739

CALENDAR Filed July 19, 19:53

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A7 RNEY Patented Fe'b. 1935 mensions, with the covers tearlappearing ina construction WhiCh".Wl1].

) 29 [UNITED STATES P T FFI I CALENDAR James IL'Larkin. Winthrop; Mass,assignor to T The Forbes Lithograph pany, Boston,

;chusetts Manufacturing Oom- Mass, a corporation of Massa- ApplicationJuly '19, 1933, seiai -ief6$1ps2 2Claims'. (01.40 119) Theinventionrelates to an improvement in calendars which are made in the form of abooklet with'front'and back covers and interposed hinged leaves; Thecalendar is mailed in. the form of a closed booklet. The calendarisdisplayed in the form of an open booklet in a pendant position. if

In calendars of thiskind the general form ;is one in'which the frontandback covers are of likeydimensions and the leaves are:of like diandarehing'ed to the covers at-the Junction between them. 1 I

g When the calendar is mailed or handled in booklet form inasmuch asthe'covers and leaves are made of relatively thin material, it is desire'able that their unbound outer ffree edges b fitted with a guard Whenthe calendarv isinitially hung "suspended in display form the leaveswill thenall occupy either an upturned or a downturned position.-

As the calendar is used fordisplaying .the different monthsfof the yearthe fleavesgwill be turned either up or down, depending. upon theirinitial position, the turned leaves being retained forpurposeof...referenceinstead of being 1 torn off. Consequently the leaves,forthemajor part will extend, entirely over' the faces of therespectivecoyers. Inasmuch as these calendars are mostly used for advertisingpurposes itgis desirable, and even necessary,

tion bearing the" dealers imprint, which will 'remain exposed at alltimes ir espective of the form, of the calendar or turned position ofthe leaves It is; also, desirable thatthe leavesmay be turned andretained in their turnedposition withoutremoval of the fastening fromwhich from the fasteningfor purpose of turning any the'm'will beconcealed. "The attractiveness of a calendar. of this kind is enhancedif it presents. at all times a substantially fiat face throughout. Itaccordingly becomes desirable that the leaves. especially turned leaves,be maintained to lie flat.

"The objectof the invention is accordingly to mmvide' construction inwhich the unbound outer freeedges of the covers, andleaves are fittedwith a guard when the calendar is mailed or' handled;. when in bookletform; to'provide 'a' construction. in which the'calendar h as a faceportion which'i will remain exposed at alltiines irrespective of theform; of the calendar or turn'edposition of theleaves; and:to providepermit of the leaves being turned without removal of the fasten-- ing'from which thecalendar is hung and in which the turned leaves will bemaintained to lie flat. l V

.siderable variation in the V idar. and the. disposition of its leavesin order to meet the varying demands of different cusof the timejduringwhich the calendar isgused,'

that some por-. tion of the calendar shall present aface porstrip ofsubstantiallythe. calendar; is hung, and Jifthe-Ieaves be torn A-furtherobject of the invention'is to .pro-

vide a construction which. will permit of a conprinting of the calentomers. I I

As will presently be explained these objects are collectivelyattained bymeans bestseen and understood by reference which I Fig. 1 is 'aview inperspectiveofithe calendar. when in. closed booklet f0rm.. .1 i r Fig. 2is a-view'in perspective of. thecalendar when 'in open display form. i

Fig. ,3 is a side elevation of the calendar as shown in Fig. 1; and fFig. 4 is a side elevation of the calendar as shown in Fig. '2.

.to the drawing, in)

In thedrawing 1 and 2 represent, respectively, the front and back coversof the calendar, united along. the fold line'3. 4 represents the leaveshinged to the cover at the point of the fold line 3 by staples 5. V r

The; size of the frontcover is. like that of the leaves. '.The size ofthe back cover is also like that of the leaves excepting that the backcover on the -;side opposite the fold line 3 is provided with, anextension 6. Attachedto this extension to lie on the inner sideor facethereof is a strip '7 of Widthpreferably like that of the front coverand leaves and of suflicient depth to lap onto their edge portionsadjacent the extension. The depth: of the "strip is also preferably suchthat it will cover the entire'inner face of the extension. The strip ispreferably formed by turning the extension back inwardly upon itselfalong the fold line 8 to provide a fold forming a the same width as thefront cover and leaves,and of sufiicient depth to have the lap as formedis bound by aforesaid. The strip thus any suitable means, such asgluing, stitching-or stapling, "or combinations thereof, to thebodyjofthe extension 6from the point'of the fold line -8 to axpoint lying belowthe edge portion of the frontscover-or leaves overlapped by thestrip. Inthe drawing the strip is shown boundbya set; of staples 9. Thatportion?" of the strip 'left' free lying'above the folding as aforesaidthe strip may be a separate part bound to the extension the same asbefore but preferably by gluing or stitching, or acombination of both. v

v forming the strip integral-with the extension by tends through a holein the cover.

endar being hung from the top edge of its front cover 1 by a fastening(not shown) which ex;

cover 2 will then hang pendant from the front cover lying substantiallyin the" same -.plane, therewith, and the leaves-4 will then occupyeithera downturned or an upturned position. All the leaves may initiallyoccupy either an upturned or a downturned position, being turned down orup from time to time fordisplaying the changing months of the year. Whenany of -.the leaves. are o'ccupying'an upturned position they 'willberetained' by a fastening extending through holes 11 in the leaves, andwhichis the same fastening as extends through the hole 1D in the frontcover for supporting the calendar.

''When the calendar is in its closed booklet form (asshown in Fig. 1)for purpose of mailing," the clip forming part7 of the strip 7 willenvelop the outer free ends of the front cover andleaves and will snuglyretain them. The strip will also act as. a guardtending to reinforceandprotectthe said outer free ends of the cover and leaves. The stripwill also at this time function as a panel presenting a face bearing anydesired imprint such as that of the dealer;

When the calendar is in its display form as shown in Fig. 2, the clipforming portion 7 of the, strip 7 will envelop and retain the bottomfree edges of the respective leaves for as the leaves are turned downtheymay be tucked in back of said clip to be. retained by it. The clipwill alsdjoperate to coverthe holes 11 in the downturned leaves andparts adjacent the holes.- Any. torn' part will be concealed. The stripwill, also, function as a panel presenting a face portion bearing .thedealers imprint, as aforesaid, which willremain exposed at all timesinasmuchas the ends of downturned leaves will be tucked in 'back of theclip forming part of-the strip. y

,When the clip is arranged at the bottom of the calendar, the leaves mayinitially occupy a downturned position with ends retained by the clip,the'calendar being printed with this end in view. In such case theleaves are turned up' ,or leaves. Instead of the clip being at thebottom of the calendar it may be at thetop, a reversal of what. is shownin Fig.4, in which case the calendar would be retained by the fasteningextending ,throughthe bound in portion of'the strip beyond theunbound'portion thereof forming the clip. In such case the leaves mayoccupy either an initial turned up. position or an initial turneddownposition and may be turned and retained in-their turned out of the wayposition without removing thefastening from which the calendar is hung.When the leaves are occupy.- ing an initial upturned position they areall retained by the clip .andare successively withdrawn from it withoutremoving the fastening,

the turned leaves hanging pendant. On the other hand, when the leavesare all occupying an initial downturned position-hanging pendant thenthey may be successively turned up into an out of the way position, andwhen'turned r upwill be retained by the clip. The back There are thusshown four different ways of using the calendar which permits of greatvariety in the arrangement of printing, one customer desiring .onestyle, and another, another. In three out of the four ways in which the-calendarrmay be used the leaves may be turned and retained to lie fiatin their turned out of the way position without removing the fasteningby which the calendar is suspended or tacked, and in all of the ways inwhich the calendar is used, irrespective of the turned'posi tion of itsleaves, the calendar'willalwayspresent a panel on which may be shown thedealer's imprint which is most'desirable as these calendars are mostlyused for advertising purposes. Having thus fully described my invention,I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States: 1.In a calendar having front and back folding covers with interposedleaveshinged at the fold line of said covers whereby the calendar 'mayhave either a closed booklet form or an open pendant form with theleaves occupying an up or down turned position with relation to saidcovers, an extension to one of said covers on the side thereofoppositesaid fold line and projecting beyond the adjacent edges of theleaves when the calendar is in its closed booklet form, a strip borne bysaid extension located on the inner side thereof with lap onto the ad'-jacent edge portions of the leaves when the calendar isin itsclosedbooklet form as aforesaid, and means; for binding said strip tothe body of said extension whereby the unbound portion thereof will formsaid lap and provide a, clip retention for turned leaves when; thecalendar is in its open' 'pendant' form and whereby also said strip willprovide an exposed face for print ing irrespective of the form of thecalendar or turned position of its leaves.

2. In a calendar having front and back folding covers with interposedleaves hinged at the fold line of said covers whereby the calendar mayhave either a closed booklet form or an open pendant form with leavesoccupying an up or down turned position with relation to said covers, anextension to one of said covers on the side thereof opposite said foldline and pro.- jecting beyond theadjacent edge of the other cover andleaves whenthe calendar is-in its closed booklet form, a strip borne bysaid ex.- tension located on the inner side, thereof with lap onto theadjacent edge portion, of said other cover and leaves when the calendaris in its closed booklet form as aforesaid, and means for binding saidstrip to the body of said extension whereby the unbound portion thereofwill form said lap'and provide a clip for holding ,the calendar closedwhen in booklet form and wilLclip and hold turned leaves when thecalendar isin its open pendant form and wherebyv alsos'aid strip willprovide an exposed face forv printing irrespective of the form of thecalendar or turned position of itsleaves 7 JAMES L.

